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Recession Survival Tips: How Your Business Can Come Out Stronger

Strategy Driven

You can offer incentives such as a small discount for fast payment. If you do not offer the cheapest prices on the market, emphasize the quality of the product you offer and the need to invest in quality during hard times. Not even world leaders saw the COVID-19 crisis coming. Because of your next goal.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. Spanish flu).

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. Spanish flu).

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Good Intentions, Bad Results: Learning from the Panic of 1826

Strategy Driven

A typical post note transaction went as follows: a borrower approached an insurance company and requested a six-month IOU of $1000, minus a discount of say 3%. The borrower would then sell the discounted $970 post note on the money market, also paying a discount to the post note purchaser of say $30, receiving $940 in cash.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Panic of 1907 vs Great Recession of 2008

Strategy Driven

. “An appreciation of the parallels between recent and historical events greatly influenced how I and many of my colleagues around the world responded to the crisis,” Mr. Bernanke said. As the underwriting weaknesses of subprime portfolios became known, banks stopped lending to each other, paralyzing credit markets.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

A looming crisis. First, it’s important to understand the magnitude of the coming congestion crisis and its underlying drivers. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. These include the following: Not enough port container capacity.